Landowners in north Marlborough are frustrated at the lack of action on riverbank erosion threatening their properties, but the council says it can’t intervene without footing a bill of more than a billion dollars.
Environment
Sat, Aug 30
The settlement means Bega licences held by Fonterra's Australia business will be included in the divestment of Fonterra's global consumer business.
Business
Tue, Aug 26
Rural contractors say current regulations are decades out of date and don't reflect the size of modern machinery now being used.
New Zealand
Fri, Aug 22
A teenager who died after crashing a tractor was eating, drinking and using his phone before the vehicle left the road, a coroner says.
Crime and Justice
Tue, Aug 19
Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson believes new technology could help significantly boost cattle numbers on his farm.
Sun, Aug 17
Companies responsible for around half the countries' greenhouse gases no longer have to supply information to the EPA every year.
Fri, Aug 15
The penalties come on top of $215,000 in fines imposed last year when the company and its owner had breached minimum employment standards.
Thu, Jul 31
More than 450 incidents of roaming stock was reported in just one year on Gisborne's local roads and state highways.
Tue, Jul 29
The 35-year-old told the crowds he felt "pretty good" taking the Welsh title in his first season.
Other Sport
Thu, Jul 24
The driver suffered moderate injuries, and four cows were also injured.
Sat, Jul 19
Southland deer farmer and entrepreneur Grant Lightfoot made the most of his chance encounter with the Prince of Wales.
Fri, Jul 4
Auckland-based firm Halter's cow-collar technology lets farmers virtually fence, move and monitor cattle using sound and vibration cues.
Wed, Jun 25
The tax department also said it had seen some "concerning" practices in the sector, including people being paid under the table.
Thu, Jun 19
Steve Abel criticised Labour's decision to "review" their policy on agriculture's inclusion in the ETS, saying they should "just do it".
Sun, Jun 15
The regional council found no evidence of breaches and suggested Rex Graham's photo of smoke might show mist.
Thu, Jun 12
Dairy effluent flowed into a rural drainage system near Turua, on the Hauraki Plains.
Thu, May 22
Speaking to Q+A, Rangitīkei MP Suze Redmayne said she was inspired to push the legislation after a stock manager working on her Tunnel Hill farm couldn’t use his KiwiSaver to buy his first house.
Politics
Sun, May 18
A member’s bill aiming to improve animal welfare standards, and prevent New Zealand’s farmers from being undercut, has been put into the ballot.
Sun, May 11
A Tararua farm manager has been ordered to pay $75,000 in reparations to the family of a farmhand who died after the poorly maintained quadbike he was riding rolled.
Thu, May 1
Payments are equivalent to the current rate of the Jobseeker Support benefit and can depend on how much farmers and their partners earn and any money or off-farm assets they have.
Tue, Apr 22
Noel Thomas Cunningham, was sentenced at the Palmerston North District Court yesterday.
Tue, Apr 8
A feud between southern agencies has reached the point that one is calling "the final straw".
Sun, Mar 23
1News looks at the global spread of prices for the supermarket staple.
Thu, Mar 20
The Prime Minister has hit back at claims made by an ACT MP that farmers are irate with the National Party over its Paris Agreement climate commitments.
Wed, Mar 19
When Southland’s dairy farming sector had massive labour shortages in the early 2000s, Filipino dairy workers came to fill those gaps.
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